Imagine a boxy, V-shaped device about the size of a book with a leather-wrapped handle in the middle. It is held vertically, with the tip facing the guy you want to shoot. Inside the barrel, magnetic currents are generated so, when you fire a shot, the currents allow the shot to slightly bend with the
barrel without touching the sides.

By flicking the switch, the safeties on top are disengaged. Squeezing the trigger fires a shot. Holding it down fires a LOT of continuous shots (about 40).

When you run out of shots, simply put the safeties back on... and flip the gun! The other half has safeties, a trigger and ammo, just like the first side. Both sides use the same tip to fire from, making it 1 gun instead of 2 attached guns.

While firing, you can reload the half not being used, giving you a shorter/non-existent reload stall. Both gun halves cannot be fired at the same time and, regardless of flip, the safety is always on the left side (left-handed versions always have the safety on the right side).

"While firing, you can reload the half not being used" - multi-tasking on the battlefield - I love it!

While you're at it, perhaps you could have an option to turn the safeties off and fire the gun backwards as well as forwards at the same time, thus killing both sets of baddies at the same time, just like the movies?

The aliens are non noncommunicative, but mostly they communicate using pleas for help and offers of gifts to get people closer to them. Then they eat the flesh. For this reason BUNGCO has been working on an asterix gun (code name *gun) , which is similar to the proposed A gun, except you can rotate and shoot five times before needing to reload.

[monk], the bullets don't have to be lethal. Just strong enough to knock out the aliens stealing all our tax money (apparently, the government isn't doing it).

[21 Quest], the non-lethal bullets don't fire on a straight tunnel. The path is slightly bent and the magnetic currents in the barrel allow the shot to accelerate like an accelerating rollercoaster on the first dip. This incorporates a form of miniature railgun technology.

[k_sra], trust me, I really wanted to put up a pic at the beginning, but my scanner is broken. I will put a scan & link when I can.

Sorry, I meant a FORM of railgun technology! I have fixed that. It just borrows the bit involving electric currents in a magnetic field. Yes, [maklar], a V is an A without the middle bit! Took you long enough! Sorry, a little crazy today. Yeah, I noticed the A-Team reference, but they don't need any.

//Sorry, I meant a FORM of railgun technology! I have fixed that. It just borrows the bit involving electric currents in a magnetic field.// Is there any other technology involved in a railgun? Glad to hear you've fixed it anyway.